by Jonas Terrado
Petron-Letran escaped with a 91-90 win against St. Clare College-Virtual Reality to stay inside the top four of the Aspirants Group in the PBA D-League at the JCSGO Gym in Cubao.
Christian Balagasay scored a layup with 13 seconds left to help the Knights survive after squandering a 28-point first half lead and improve to 5-2 for third in the group.
A driving Alvin Pasaol is guarded by John Fuentes (PBA Images)
Alvin Pasaol, coming off an impressive stint in the FIBA 3x3 World Tour in Doha, finished with 28 points, seven rebounds and three assists while Jerrick Balanza added 22 for the Knights of coach Bonnie Tan.
St. Clare dropped to fourth place at 4-2 after a spirited comeback from being down 48-20.
Paul Santos tried to give the Saints the win with a baseline jumper but teammate Junjie Hallare was called for an offensive foul for a moving screen with 1.7 seconds remaining.